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Myles Shaver

Professor, Pond Family Chair in the Teaching and Advancement of Free Enterprise Principles

Strategic Management & Entrepreneurship

Education

PhD 1994
International business University of Michigan

BComm 1988
University of Alberta

Expertise

Corporate Headquarters Strategies

The management and economics of international expansion

Mergers and acquisitions

Investment location choice

Myles Shaver is Professor of Strategic Management and Entrepreneurship at the University of Minnesota’s Carlson School of Management where he holds the Pond Family Chair in the Teaching and Advancement of Free Enterprise Principles.

Myles’ research about corporate expansion is published in leading scholarly journals and he is invited to present at conferences and universities around the world. His recent research about the Twin Cities’ Headquarters economy has helped guide talent attraction and retention initiatives in the Twin Cities and presented in his forthcoming book: Headquarters Economy: Managers, Mobility, and Migration. Myles presents this research to audiences in Minnesota and to audiences in other states and countries.

Myles is recipient of the Irwin Outstanding Educator Award – the most prestigious international teaching award in Strategic Management and the University of Michigan’s Ross School of Business Distinguished PhD Alumni Award. A recent study identified Myles as one of the most prolific management scholars in the world and Poets and Quants profiles Myles in their compilation of the “World’s 50 Best Business School Professors.”

Myles serves on the Board of Directors of the Strategic Management Society and is a Senior Editor at Strategy Science.